RT Article
T1 Managing illegality at the internal border: governing through ‘differential inclusion’ in Italy
JF European journal of criminology
VO 14
IS 1
SP 46
OP 62
A1 Fabini, Giulia
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1578432677
AB This article interrogates whether a crimmigration frame could be used to assess immigration control in Italy. It argues that even if crimmigration laws are similar across European countries, the outcomes of European border control depend on the local context. It looks at the interaction between police, judges, and migrants at the internal borders in Bologna, Italy. The article is based on quantitative data (analysis of case files on pre-removal detention in Bologna’s detention centre) and qualitative data (one-to-one in-depth interviews with migrants and justices of the peace, and participant observation). The case study focuses on ‘differential inclusion’ of undocumented migrants informally allowed to remain in the Italian territory. Police manage illegality rather than enforcing removals, using selective non-enforcement of immigration laws as effectively as enforcement itself. The article’s main hypothesis is that, at the local level, the production of borders works as a provisional admission policy to include undocumented migrants, though in a subordinated position.
K1 Undocumented migrant
K1 Internal borders
K1 Police
K1 Differential inclusion
K1 Italy
DO 10.1177/1477370816640138